Hamilton, ON (April 8, 2019) - There is little chance you are actually allergic to vaccines and, if you are, your allergist can give it to you.
Only one in 760,000 vaccinations will respond with anaphylaxis. For all other side effects, there are ways around any problem.
Five facts about allergies to vaccines, pulled together by two McMaster University physicians, were published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal ( CMAJ ). Derek Chu is a fellow in clinical immunology and allergy in the Department of Medicine and Zainab Abdurrahman is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics.
Five things to know about vaccine allergies are:
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Editors: Photos of the authors are available.
An embargoed CMAJ podcast of an interview with the authors may be found here: https://soundcloud.com/cmajpodcasts/190208-five/s-aEiCY
After publication the article may be found here: http://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.190208
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Canadian Medical Association Journal